diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 9fbcb25e8b72..b5dc0bee902d 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -10261,6 +10261,9 @@ static inline unsigned long
 get_sd_balance_interval(struct sched_domain *sd, int cpu_busy)
 {
 	unsigned long interval = sd->balance_interval;
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_WALT
+	unsigned int cpu;
+#endif
 
 	if (cpu_busy)
 		interval *= sd->busy_factor;
@@ -10269,6 +10272,26 @@ get_sd_balance_interval(struct sched_domain *sd, int cpu_busy)
 	interval = msecs_to_jiffies(interval);
 	interval = clamp(interval, 1UL, max_load_balance_interval);
 
+	/*
+	 * check if sched domain is marked as overutilized
+	 * we ought to only do this on systems which have SD_ASYMCAPACITY
+	 * but we want to do it for all sched domains in those systems
+	 * So for now, just check if overutilized as a proxy.
+	 */
+	/*
+	 * If we are overutilized and we have a misfit task, then
+	 * we want to balance as soon as practically possible, so
+	 * we return an interval of zero, except for busy balance.
+	 */
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_WALT
+	if (sd_overutilized(sd) && !cpu_busy) {
+		/* we know the root is overutilized, let's check for a misfit task */
+		for_each_cpu(cpu, sched_domain_span(sd)) {
+			if (cpu_rq(cpu)->misfit_task_load)
+				return 1;
+		}
+	}
+#endif
 	return interval;
 }